Lex Newman

To Allen Ginsberg

I have been listening to you, Allen GinsbergI can still hear you whistling a radio tuneI can follow you through history thoughts of yoursflow into mineI follow you past WWIand through the Battle of Versailles without a second glancePast Hitler Mao Nietzsche Reagan Gogolpast Whitman Kerouac and CarsonI watch as you nod to GhandiAnd converse with Pope Paul VI and Nelson MandalaWe drift past Central Park quickly changing seasonspast Chicago streets and cute little back country California homesI watch the death of many a thing beside youi watch you connect you think youWriting Howl, writing America, writing Death & FameI watch yourself deteriorate in bodybut flourish in mindand as you flourish i flourishAnd we grow together and I follow youand then you vanish

Atomic Insanity Bomb

America, we're drained of enthusiasm for youAmerica, why this meaningless war? America, you are no longer beautifulAmerica, when will you see the light? When will you call peace and dance and singWhen will you look in the mirrorand see the menace you have become? When will you read the philosophies of Godthat say Thou Shalt Not Kill? America, when will you open your eyes? America, why do you dye the shores red? Why are the guns loaded with skulls? Why do you leave your brothers behindTo charge bull-like at a cloth too large for you? America, why are you putting a gun to your head? America, stop killing me I'm notInnocent, not GuiltyAMERICA STOP PUSHING! America don't liberate me I'm already independent.America I refuse to give up my rights